EP1405945B1 - Verbesserter Wäschetrockner - Google Patents

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EP1405945B1
EP1405945B1 EP03017722A EP03017722A EP1405945B1 EP 1405945 B1 EP1405945 B1 EP 1405945B1 EP 03017722 A EP03017722 A EP 03017722A EP 03017722 A EP03017722 A EP 03017722A EP 1405945 B1 EP1405945 B1 EP 1405945B1
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Alfredo Traina
Luigi Arreghini
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F58/00—Domestic laundry dryers
    • D06F58/02—Domestic laundry dryers having dryer drums rotating about a horizontal axis
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  • the present invention refers to an improved kind of front-loading clothes drying machine, preferably a so-called front-loading tumble dryer of the household-type.
  • Clothes drying machines of the above-indicated kind are generally known to be substantially comprised of an outer casing and an inner rotating drum, having a cylindrical shape and an approximately horizontal axis of rotation, into which the clothes to be dried are filled. These machines further include means for generating a flow of hot dry air, which is circulated in a forced, i.e. fan-assisted manner within said rotating drum in a direction from the front to the backside of the drum or vice-versa.
  • an appropriate opening is provided in the front outer surface of the machine, said opening being capable of being closed by means of an appropriate lid or door hinged on the same outer surface of the outer casing of the machine.
  • Machines of the above-described kind are capable of being used to substantially dry any kind of garments and clothing items, including such items as sports footwear and the like.
  • the prolonged rolling and tumbling of which inside the rotating drum causes the drum itself to eventually suffer distortions and buckles, thereby undergoing damages that give rise to roughness and irregularities in general that may in turn cause even not particularly delicate items being dried in a subsequent cycle to be exposed to further damages.
  • a drying cycle designed to handle delicate or heavy items is usually a rather prolonged one, in that it may also take up to two hours or more, and this circumstance surely contributes to a higher risk for the items being dried to suffer damages.
  • a known practice consists in providing a supplementary container, generally in the form of a rack-like basket with a reticular structure, for insertion in the rotating drum through the access door of the machine, said rack being then joined firmly to the structure of the machine, i.e. without being able to rotate jointly with the drum.
  • this clothes washing machine shall be capable of being easily and readily manufactured with the use of existing, largely available techniques and tools, and shall be competitive in its construction and convenient to use, and in particular it shall be capable of being implemented with minor changes to currently produced machine designs.
  • the features added to the machine according to the present invention shall by no way affect or impair the reliability level thereof.
  • a clothes drying machine of the type adapted to use the present invention comprises a rotating drum 1 housed inside a support framework 3 provided with a front loading aperture 2, through which it is possible for access to be gained into said rotating drum; it further comprises means (not shown) that are adapted to generate a forced flow of hot dry air and cause this flow to move along the horizontal axis of said rotating drum.
  • the clothes drying machine comprises further a basket-like rack 4 featuring preferably following characteristics:
  • said basket-like rack 4 consists of a light structure, with the outer surface thereof formed in a net-like or grid-like manner with very large meshes so as to be capable of being easily penetrated by a flow of air travelling across it in all directions.
  • this basket-like rack is empty; its use consists in removing the rack from the rotating drum, placing the items to be dried thereinside, and finally introducing the so loaded rack again in the rotating drum, where it will be secured with the help of appropriate means, which shall be described in greater detail further on.
  • the flow of hot dry air is forced to move along the longitudinal axis of the rack, flowing in from a base thereof and flowing out through the opposite base thereof, thereby fully investing and, therefore, penetrating and moving through the items placed in the rack over the whole length thereof, and ultimately bringing about the required drying action while the items in the rack stand still and do not come into any contact with the rotating wall of the drum.
  • said rack may be obtained through the assembly of a plurality of rigid walls 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, which in a preferred manner are similarly sized, and which are associated to each other in pairs, i.e. two by two, by means of appropriate respective hinges 13, 14, as this is best illustrated in Figure 2 .
  • an appropriate attachment arrangement 16 is advantageously provided.
  • Such an attachment arrangement is intended for application on to an end portion of the foldable basket-like rack 4, and is provided on a side thereof with appropriate engagement or fit-in means 16A, preferably in the form of properly shaped apertures, which are adapted to enable it to be linked up to the inner wall 21 of the support framework of said clothes drying machine, on the inside of the rotating drum.
  • Said fit-in means 16A must be capable of being coupled to corresponding hook-on members 17 provided on said inner wall of said support framework, again on the inside of the drum, as this is symbolically shown in Figure 6 .
  • a further advantageous improvement lies in providing a basket-like rack in such a manner as to enable the rigid walls that make it up - upon removal of said rack from the drum - to be folded up and laid closely packed upon each other, so as to form a preferably parallelepiped-shaped pack 18, e.g. as illustrated in Figure 7 .

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  1. Kleidertrockenmaschine, die eine Trommel (1) umfasse, welche um eine zumindest annähernd horizontale Achse rotiert, und eine im wesentlichen kreisförmige Frontladeöffnung (2), die mit einem Deckel oder einer Tür geschlossen werden kann, wobei die Kleidertrockenmaschine des weiteren mit Mitteln ausgerüstet ist, die dazu dienen, einen Strom erhitzter Luft durch das Innere der rotierenden Trommel auf einem Strömungsweg zwischen der Rückwand der Trommel und der Frontladeöffnung zu bewirken, des weiteren mit einem Stützrahmen (3) für die Frontöffnung der Trommel, welcher die Frontöffnung nach Art eines Rahmens umschließt, ein korbartiges Gestell (4) mit einer netzartigen und annähernd zylindrischen Struktur, das in die rotierende Trommel (1) mit seiner Achse in annähernd horizontaler Lage eingeführt ist und dazu dient, die zu trocknenden Kleiderstücke zu halten,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das korbartige Gestell (4) entlang einer Mantellinie (5) desselben trennbar ist und geeignet ist, aufgeklappt und in einer Ebene (6) ausgebreitet zu werden.
  2. Kleidertrockenmaschine gemäß Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das korbartige Gestell eine Mehrzahl starrer Wände (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) umfasst, die mit geeigneten Scharniermitteln (13, 14) paarweise miteinander verbunden sind.
  3. Kleidertrockenmaschine gemäß einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das korbartige Gestell ein Schließelement (15) aufweist, das geeignet ist, die an der Rückseite des korbartigen Gestells angeordnete Basis zu schließen.
  4. Kleidertrockenmaschine gemäß einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    auf einer Seite des netzartigen, korbartigen Gestells (4) eine Befestigungsanordnung (16) angeordnet ist, die mit geeigneten Eingriff- oder Montagemitteln (16A) versehen ist, die geeignet sind, eine stabile, doch lösbare Verbindung mit entsprechenden Hakenmitteln (17) an der Innenwand (21) des Stützrahmens (3) einzugehen.
  5. Kleidertrockenmaschine gemäß einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche 3 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die starren Wände (7...1.2) übereinander gefaltet werden können, so dass das korbartige Gestell geeignet ist, in Form eines Parallelepipeds (18) verpackt zu werden, und dadurch, dass die Kleidertrockenmaschine mit einem geeigneten Behälter (19) versehen ist, der dazu dient, das Parallelepiped aufzunehmen.
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IT000078A ITPN20020078A1 (it) 2002-10-02 2002-10-02 Macchina asciugabiancheria perfezionata.

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